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It’s a funny old city Nottingham. The centre is mainly ghastly with a truly dreadful shopping centre and bland streets lined with the same identical big brands as everywhere else, …

Visited the bleak – but fantastic – shingle wastelands of Dungeness last weekend and took some snaps of the old station site at Dungeness. Wandering around the area, I came …

I didn’t think it would be possible to stumble upon a derelict station untouched by graffiti and looking like something just closed by Beeching in the 60s, but as disused …

Anyone else go along to this? It was fun! More photos here: Free Time In The Courtyard, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2, July 2006

Offline, Thurs, July 27th, Brixton, London SW9

Rummaging through my archives, I came across some press clippings from a well-scary gig we played back in 1979. We were playing a Rock Against Racism gig at the Acklam …

On Saturday, we checked out the demo against the terrible Israeli attacks on Lebanon, before grabbing lunch at the Photographers’ Gallery on Great Newport Street (by Leicester Square). Photos: London …

I doubt if this is going to mean much to most if you, but tonight I managed to track down some live videos of the fabulous The Innocence Mission playing …

Just spent another fabulous weekend at the fantastic Country Fair in the middle of London. There was usual bonkers mix of medieval jousting, reggae bands, prize vegetables, steam engines, vegetable …

View from my window now… looks like a big fire near Poplar, east London.

I’m slowly getting around to updating my section on beautiful Hay on Wye in Wales So far, I’ve done a piece on Hay Castle and posted up my Hay on …

Photo report from Europride Day, Oxford Street, Saturday 1 July 2006 on the site now! EuroPride

Two updates to the site: Full photo report of the Critical Mass bike ride in central London, Friday June 30th, 2006 Photos of the last days of Shoreditch tube station

What a turn out. There were hundreds and hundreds of us! More pics to follow soon, but here’s the Mass paying a visit to the American Embassy. Next stop: Buckingham …

Had another top night at Offline with Jesus Licks and Boomclick Soundsystem on the stage and a bevy of top notch poets and DJs. Check out the photos: OFFLINE 29, …

I’ve finally got around to adding a piece about St Mary’s church, Silvertown, east London When I visited it in the mid 1980s it was a burnt out shell, but …

Confiscated cameras and synergetic co-branding opportunities ahoy – I take a trip to the o2 Wireless Festival, Hyde Park, London. Read my report here: o2 Wireless Festival, Hyde Park Last …

I saw this crazy blue glowing cloud over Brixton around 2.20am this morning. It looked like the Aurora Borealis had gone walkabout from the north pole, and the cloud seemed …

The station light is still on, but the station has closed forever (note the black bunting). (Feature to appear in the disused railways section soon)

Cycing through the cityUp early to pedal into town on a glorious sunny morning. Cycled to the Wobbly Bridge to see the last of the sheep being herded over the …

View from my window now.

Full report to follow soon(ish) but in the meantime, here’s the intrepid urban crew emerging from the Devil’s Punchbowl, a stiflingly hot, bone-dry deep valley strewn with dead sheep in …

I love this kind of mad Victorian stuff – check out Volk’s sea railway which ran for nearly three miles in the sea along Brighton’s coastline. Not surprisingly, it lasted …

Testing the Palm Treo/Splashblog mobile blogging tools – with this combo I can snap a picture on my Treo 650 phone, rattle off a caption and upload it to my …

It felt really odd coming back to a place I hadn’t visited for twenty odd years, but I’ve posted up a photo report of my trip to Silvertown and North …